In response to Stage 3 of Barbados’ National Preparedness Plan for COVID-19, the Ministry of Education, Technological and Vocational Training has advised that its offices at the “Elsie Payne …
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In a speech meant to calm and assure nervous citizens, Governor General Dame Sandra Mason told Barbadians on Sunday night that as difficult as the current period was, “this …
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The Greek playwright Aeschylus once observed: “In war, the first casualty is truth.” And in the thousands of years since, those words have come true repeatedly in conflict after conflict. …
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After five years of controversy and legal challenges, a US$175 million revamped Hyatt Ziva Barbados Resort will finally get off the ground next month. Developer Mark Maloney told Barbados TODAY …
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Retired doctors and nurses and members of the private sector healthcare system will be asked to assist with the national COVID-19 response. In a press briefing over the weekend, Minister …
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An automatic 28 days on remand at Dodds Prison was what a young St Michael man received when he appeared before one of this island’s courts on two indictable charges …
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Known thief Keisha Melissa Clarke has been sentenced to nine months in prison on two charges. The 32-year-old, of Quarry Road, Arthur Seat, St Thomas pleaded guilty before Magistrate Kristie …
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Safe haven – Trinis, denied return home, kept in quarantine here
by Sandy Deaneby Sandy DeaneJust as it came to the rescue of stranded cruise ship passengers turned away from several seaports in the COVID-19 crisis, Barbados today became a safe haven for a group …
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The Ministry of Small Business, Entrepreneurship and Commerce has advised that a Covid-19 Critical Stock List was tabled by the Ministry last week and agreed upon by the Barbados Chamber …
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Persons who have been ordered to self-quarantine in their homes but fail to do so are guilty of an offence under the Health Services (Communicable and Notifiable Diseases) Regulations. Under …